Originally published in 1999, this was the first comprehensive account of the work of the French modernist writer Paul Valéry.

A fresh look into the monumental work of Paul Valéry, one of the major French literary figures of the twentieth century. Heir to Mallarmé and the symbolists,

One of the most important French poets of the twentieth century, Paul Valéry (1871-1945) influenced generations of poets who came after him. Major poets in Eng

Poems ranging from "La Jeune Parque" and "Le Cimetière marin" to occasional and light verse written as letters to friends, dedications in books, and inscriptio

"First Princeton paperback printing, 1985. Second Princeton paperback printing, 1989"--Verso of t.p. Originally published in 1958.